Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-09-02
BRIEFS.

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- we may soon look for the too'nS0me
oyster.
,obn Gray, resident of sharsourg
,.I . years. died at his home in that
place pI last week
rank W. Muzzey has blind, but
.In,ble. horse for sale cheap. Can be
.,,n at Col. Schley's.
". are somewhat short on general
,,. this week, owing to an unusual
,r,.. of other matters.
nr !. NJ. Ransom will be in Shep-
,-,s,own next week. The notice in
-, weeks paper was wrong.
Furniture and mattresses of any kind
,r hand will be furnished to order
w. hort notice by j. S. Fleming.
rb,rIestown had two circuses last
r.ilov and Brother Haines has been
a,,,ins on lots of city airs ever since
towards of fifty premiums are to be
,.r,Iad ut Moler's Grove next week
~, unable and worth competing for.
Winchester Presbytery will hold its
nv, stated meeting at Cedar Creek,
rrelerick county, Va, September Z, at
= o'clock p. m.
vr samuel J. Boyd's flock of sheep
49,. raided upon by dogs a few nights
1.-TWO sheep killed and another has
.-rr died.-Spirit.
,.rnJ Moler's Grove exhibitions next
Wednesday and Thursday. There will
he q grand display of stock, products Of
the soil, machinery, etc.
Those interested in agriculture should
rn By any means fail 10 attend the
v,,er's Grove exhibition next week and
hear Hon. Jas. Lipscomb.
The toll on the Potomac River bridge
will he half fare for both the Moler's
Grove and Morgan's Grove exhibitions
and exhibits will be passed free.
The Boons6Oro Times has entered on
~. eighth volume, with Mr.. X. \. Mon
pm. - publisher. Mr.. Monroe has one
ofthc best country papers we know of.
The Reformed Sunday School at
Kearncysville will hold its annual pic
nj, in Mr.J. c. Bilner's woods on SAT-
prlay a week september 1Oth) in the
afternoon.
Hog cholera is again making ravages
IN this county. The Spirit says that
Mrs. Amanda Strider, residing near
IIall,own, has already lost large mum
Ter this season.
The barn Of Mr.. Cullen Barr, near
.Ioue,'s Cross Roads, Washington coun-
", was destroyed by fire last Friday,
together with about four hundred
bushels of wheat.
Prof. Brooks of the Red House Observ-
g,orv at Phelps, n. y, has discovered
another comet in the northern heavens.
tisuow visible to the naked eye and
becoming brighter.
Mr.. VIM. b. Miller has returned from
Mines. where he has been employed for
some time past, and is now ready TO do
uv work here in his line-painting-
that may be needed.
There were thousands of colored peo-
pie at Island Park on Monday last, the
occasion being an excursion of the Sons
anal Daughters of Samaria from Balti-
more, Washington and other points.
There will be general meeting at
Morgan'S Grove on Saturday the Sd in
slant, TO complete the preparations for
the Exhibition. The booth privileges
will be sold at 3 o'clock on the same
day.
The Mar;insburg Independent says:
"Messrs. Lcmcn Il Bros, of Shepherds
town, have opened coal and wood
office in the building formerly occupied
hy j. W. Roberts, on North Queen
Street"
Governor Lloyd of Maryland has
pardouej George Winters, who was
sentenced to the penitemtiary from Ha-
gyr,town for Stabbing to death Albert
Hhracy. Winters is thus restored to
citizenship.
The public wants are always thought
Of BY Geo. II. Hagley, OF CharlestOwn.
He has DOW in stock new supply OF
hat, and trunks for fall trade. See adj
'erii.ement. If you want a nobby hat
10 wear TO Morgan's Grove, 90 TO the
temple of fashion.
Some OF the boys of the town have
been breaking the law by shooting birds
IN and around ElmwoOd Cemetery. We
have been asked 10 say that future
offenders will be dealt with 10 the full
extent of The law. 1t is hoped this
Warning will be- sufficient.
II I'll our public schools aud Shepherd
College should be suddenly discontin-
ued or rendered inefficient from any
cause, what would our people do? The
children would run wild, as but few
persons would be willing to pay for
private instruction of their children.
Oliye- Sloan arrested TWO cOlored
men at the Cumberland Valley Depot
last Thursday, on their way from Har-
per Ferry to Harrisburg. They are
charged with the theft of gold watch,
valued at $40. They were taken back
" Jefferson county aud lodged in jail
AatmsJiug Statesman.
We are informed that Mr.. Henry
Shepherd, who displayed so much lib.
crafty toward the Morgan's Grove Ex-
hlhlliOu last wear. will take even more